Figure: Helix 2.5 works 4 hours in 30 homes, no retraining
Figure shares footage of Helix 2.5 working 4 straight hours in 30 homes, with no additional training.
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SoftBank agrees to acquire Robotics and AI Institute from Hyundai
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Figure: Helix 2.5 works 4 hours in 30 homes, no retraining
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Robotics Funding Heats Up as Capital Rushes to Embodied AI Perception Layer
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Agility touts MarketWatch piece on factory robot safety
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Video Friday: Two Birotors Make a Quadrotor, Plus Robotics Highlights
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Open-Source Benchmark Tests Whether AI Agents Can Engineer Working Robots
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Xpeng CEO Says Robot Firms Underestimate Hardware Complexity, Hails G9L as Global Car
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Blue Bug Embodied Launches Xiaobai Modular Humanoid Robot From 9,800 Yuan
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D-Robotics Raises $400M Series C to Scale Sunrise Chips and Robot Software
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Zeno Robotics Closes Multi-Hundred-Million-Yuan Seed Round With Sunny Optical, MetaX
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Icarus Robotics Flies ISS-Bound Joy Robot in Microgravity for the First Time
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UBTECH unveils Europe's first Walker C1 humanoid in Slovenia
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Physical AI Arrives: Big Tech Bets on Robots, but Deployment Remains the Biggest Challenge
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Qing Tian Zu Unveils Worken Concept and Ecosystem Plan at RaaS Land 2026
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EPFL Researchers Propose Sustainability Robotics as New Performance Metric
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Youdi Robot to Hold Board Meeting on Sept 30 to Approve Interim Report
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Haier Smart Home Actively Expanding into Home Robotics, Leveraging Smart Home Ecosystem
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Tesla Reportedly Begins Robot Mass Production Audits, Robot ETF Aims for Third Consecutive Gain
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Shenhao Technology Sets Up Hangzhou Embodied AI Firm With 70M Yuan
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Morgan Stanley: US-China Humanoid Gap Is Capability, China Shipment Forecast Raised to 50,000
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Tiangong Robot Dances with Human Performers at Beijing Art and Technology Week
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Barclays: Humanoid Robot Market May Hit $200B in a Decade; China Holds 85% of Deployments
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GMO AIR Launches Japan's First Humanoid Robot Ambulance Service
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Shenzhen Firm Packages Bionic Robot Head, Saving OEMs 600,000 Yuan
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JD.com Enters Home Kitchen with AI Meal Plans and 19,888-Yuan Cooking Robot
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D-Robotics Raises $400M Series C, Total Funding Tops $770 Million
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Treble Technologies Raises $18M to Add Hearing to Robot Perception
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Middle School Humanoid Robot Football Carnival Opens in Nanning with 3V3 Autonomous Play
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Tesla Optimus Team Lands in Ningbo for Supply Chain Audits Ahead of 2026 Production
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Figure Releases Helix 2.5, Robots Zero-Shot Tidy 30 Unseen Homes
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Hangzhou Robotics School Graduates First Four Robots, Deploying to Nestlé and Korea
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Qianxun CEO: BeiDou Shifts to Quality, Spatiotemporal Intelligence as Physical AI's Third Network
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Hong Bo: Beijing Patient Controls Shanghai Robot via Brain-Computer Interface to Deliver Water
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GBA Science Forum Brings Five Embodied Intelligence Projects to Dongguan
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Ninth China Robot Summit Opens in Hangzhou to Explore 'Robot+' Era
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LimX Dynamics TRON 2 demo: autonomous drawer opening and toy retrieval
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Tsinghua PhD Founder Builds Robots for Hotel Work
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Doubao Cockpit Assistant Launches; Ditu Robotics Raises $400M Series C
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Agility: Digit 5 humanoid built on years of field deployment
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Figure: Helix 2.5 targets zero-shot home generalization
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Figure shows 4 hours of zero-shot robot work in 30 rental homes
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Figure releases Helix 2.5 after 30-home Bay Area test
12:18
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Robotics Funding Reaches $4.87B in August 2026, Led by China
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Agility redesigns Digit 5 leg for low squatting and heavy lifting
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XPeng's He Xiaopeng Says Robot Development Is 20 Times Harder Than Cars
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D-Robotics Secures $400M Series C to Accelerate Commercialization
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Tesla Accelerates Optimus Robot Mass Production with New China Supply Chain Audit
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Jianshe Industry Highlights Civilian Applications of Multi-Functional Legged Robots
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Chuangshiji (300083.SZ): Multiple Products Can Be Used for Precision Machining of Humanoid Robot Parts
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Shangluo Electronics Says It Is Supplying Components in Small Batches to Robot Makers
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Arm Launches Total Design for Physical AI With Over 80 Developers
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D-Robotics Closes $400M Series C as Total Funding Passes $770M
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Lumos Robotics teases robot theater show in Shenzhen on Sept 19
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Digua Robotics Secures $400M Series C, Chip Shipments Top 8 Million
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NEURA Robotics publishes article on data sovereignty
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NEURA Robotics: would you share process data to train robots?
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NEURA Robotics article covers data sovereignty in cognitive robotics
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D-Robotics closes $400M Series-C, boosts Sunrise chips
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Digua Robotics Secures $400M Series C Funding, Meituan Re-invests
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COFE+ Gen7 Coffee Robot Debuts at Xiangshan Forum with 58-Second Latte Art
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Huizhou Zhongkai Embodied Intelligence Industrial Park Approved with 1.031 Billion Yuan Investment
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D-Robotics Raises $400M Series C, Sunrise Chip Shipments Top 8 Million
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Xingyuan Robotics Launch Nears as Robotics ETF Jumps Over 1.5% Intraday
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Benmo Dynamics, Founded by Li Zexiang's Student, Passes Hong Kong IPO Hearing
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9th China Robot Summit Opens in Hangzhou with Five Zones Covering Hardware to Scenarios
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Xingfa Group: Smart Rock Drilling Robots Serve Own Mines Only
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Robots for Rent, Not Sale: QingTianZu Turns 'Work' into a Priced Commodity
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Robot ETF Huaxia Extends Rebound as Robots Seen as AI's Best Physical Carrier
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D-Robotics Closes $400M Series C as First-Half Revenue Multiplies
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Sweet Potato Robot, the 'Nvidia of robotics,' raises $400M in Series C funding